More Hounds Killed By Wolves

[bearpaw]

Story was posted on biggamehoundsman forum:  http://www.biggamehoundsmen.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=25019  (see photos of dogs there)


GRAPHIC* DAMN WOLVES! (Not my dogs)

This is what happened to a good friend of mine and a fellow Bgh member. This is horrible and i believe that it needs to be shared so that people can see the devistation that these wolves cause. I dont even know what to say after reading this and seeing these pics. Please pass this on.

I'm mad. And not just a little mad either. Three of the best bear hounds I've ever been lucky enough to own, were killed by federally funded terrorists. Wolves did this while I was bear hunting scarcely ten miles from my house. My dogs were ran down and stretched from end to end. Torn apart with slashing teeth, their skin ripped off in chunks and ate, along with their guts, bones and every other piece they could rip apart before I was able to get to the scene of this ugly crime and run them away. I could smell the dogs before I found them. I could smell the blood and the guts and the death. Ruby had been killed first, there wasn't much left of her. A bare spine was all that held together her front and her hind end. They'd chewed many of her ribs off, down to the backbone. As for Candy, they'd only just begun on her, tearing into her side and chest cavity, guts and organs pulled out onto the ground. They hadn't had a chance to eat much of her before I arrived. She was gruesomely contorted, silently conveying the horrible way she died by the teeth of those wolves. I found Josey 700 yards away. The wolves had tore him up really bad but he was still alive. Although he was rushed to the vet, he died of his wounds. So there it is. All of this took place in no more than fifteen or twenty minutes from the time the wolves came in on my dogs while they were trailing a bear. I couldn't have gotten there any quicker.

As I sat beside my two dead hounds on the hillside I looked out over the beauty of the mountains and the bright blue, cloudless sky. I could hear birds singing and the rustling of the wind as it rolled through the pines. It was a beautiful day but the wolves had put a bloody stain on the land and made these mountains ugly to me. In the Clearwater country of Idaho, where I grew up hunting and running hounds, there is now an uneasiness. All the land can feel it and I can feel it too. This whole scene sickened me and galvanized my deep, deep disdain for the wolf.

Some people seem to think that houndsmen treat their hounds more like a tool than a dog. I assure you that this is not the case. These dogs, that the wolves ate, were part of my family. From the time they were born, they spent a lot of time in the house, sometimes sleeping on the couch or maybe on the dogbed beside my recliner in the living room. I couldn't move without them making sure they could come along with me. They were glad to see me arrive home from work, and they didn't like it when I left them home. These hounds were just the same as anyone else's pet, like your pet, a true part of the family. These dogs didn't deserve to die in such a gruesome way, being torn apart and eaten while they were still alive. No dog does.

What really makes me angry is those who would say that it's a risk that all houndsman take when they unclip the dogs; that by turning our hounds loose, we are putting them in harms way and by doing so we somehow value our dogs less than other dog owners. Houndsman, and the the hounds we hunt with, share the same fundamental yearning in our soul to pursue the wild places. You can't force a hound to chase after a bear or cougar, it's been bred into them for thousands of years. We all realize that there are many inherent dangers when it comes to bear or cougar hunting, however, prior to 1995, having our hounds killed by wolves was not one of those dangers. It was then that this exotic species was introduced to Idaho. The wolves are killing these dogs only because they are occupying the same space. And, frankly these wolves shouldn't be in these mountains in the first place. My dogs are dead, and the fault doesn't lie with the hound or the houndsmen. It lies squarely with the wolves who killed and ate my dogs, and with those who supported, and continue to support, the introduction of this exotic species into an area where it had never roamed before. Never roamed, because the timber wolf that inhabited this area many years ago was a much smaller sub-species than the Canadian grey that we are now plagued with.

Shane Richards
Headquarters, Idaho
The dogs were killed Monday September 19th, 2011 on Deadhorse Mountain which is ten miles northeast of Headquarters, Idaho
Let anyone you know read this and see these horrible pictures, I'd like as many people as possible know what these wolves are doing.  This is absolutely unacceptable.

[carpsniperg2]

Man that makes my blood boil. Seeing those pics is really hard. I know how much i love my dogs and if I ever lost dogs to them, there would be hell to pay.

[mulehunter]

we will get even.    I am sorry man.  I dont want 2nd time on me Ever.  Pray on way to those who had hard time.

Mulehunter.

Bearpaw post. here add two pics.  sad deal.

[Sportfury]

Removed to not give the enemy ammo. Sorry to hear about this.

[DBHAWTHORNE]

  Man this makes me mad!

[twistiron]

 i am at a loss for words right now.  i hope thoes pups are chasing all the lions and bears they want right now!

[buckhorn2]

Thats just not right.  Wolves are nothing but killing machines and they won;t just stop with dogs it;s going to be someone before this is over. Sorry for your loss we bought a wolf tag and hope to use it.

[seth30]

Thats just not right.  Wolves are nothing but killing machines and they won;t just stop with dogs it;s going to be someone before this is over. Sorry for your loss we bought a wolf tag and hope to use it.

I have a sad feeling your right, and I put the blame 100% on any group that helped wolves recover. I wonder how they will sleep at night after our first fatal human attack?

[CedarPants]

I have half a mind to post this link on all the wolf lover pages I closely monitor on Facebook

[jackmaster]

people will never understand what hounds mean to the houndsman, they become your best friends with the most beutiful music on the trail that a person can possibly hear, its sad to here this and these @#$%^&$# people that thought it was a good idea to RE-INTRODUCE these death machines will only understand what they have done when they are held personally responsible for the damage these animals are causing and it will really hit home when it happens to some little kid just out riding his/her bike.... my prayers go out to the houndsmen who have lost their dogs.

[high country]

Will there be reimbursement for his loss? I would love to know which unit this was.

[BOWHUNTER45]

This is becoming a common thing is'nt it ? Good write up BearPaw ... most guys I know care about there dogs dearly and have alot of money invested in them and this is just sick .....time to treat the wolf as the big bad wolf he is .....

[bearpaw]

The story was written by someone else and posted on biggamehoundsman. This happens every year in Idaho now, the big media doesn't report about most attacks and there is no compensation for the loss.

Under the proposed Washington Plan, I don't even think you can shoot in defense if your pets or hounds are being attacked. If I remember correctly you can only protect your livestock or humans.

[Machias]

 

[pianoman9701]

I have half a mind to post this link on all the wolf lover pages I closely monitor on Facebook

They don't care about other animals, only wolves. They could care less about elk, deer, domestic animals, livestock because their tunnel vision is so acute as to blind them to the pain they cause every other animal impacted by bringing in these pests. They are very hypocritical.